Prodded by their non-Jewish mother to sit shiva at the request of their late Jewish father, the hyperdysfunctional Altmans learn that real solidarity brings consolation and redemption.
New Yiddish Rep is celebrating Arthur Miller’s centennial (October 17) with a revival (with English supertitles) of Joseph Buloff’s Yiddish version of Death of a
Brad Zimmerman’s 90-minute one-man play abounds with insightful observations about second chances and self-realization. The funniest segment revolves around 29 unsatisfying years of waiting tables, including a sharp…